wow 2010 and I dont like this year already,3 days before xmas my 17 yr old son was diagnosed with lymphoma,the stage and type ? we dont know yet,we are off to Sydney tomorrow for bone marrow biospy and PET scan and whatever tests the dr says he has to have,Its not fair,I know Im not coping but Im trying to,Alex has avoided me as much as possible since the diagnosis but thats his way of dealing with it ,his freinds and g/f have been great,his dr gave me valium but Im only taking it when Im about to go into total breakdown mode . Alex is very positive so thats a good thing altho he his dreading the bone marrow biopsy ,thats the only thing he has really complained about so far,we have a 6 hour journey tomorrow to get to sydney so hopefully lots of good conversation on the way,I personally will feel better when we know what stage and what type and how they are going to treat him,and to the dr who told us that his piercings were the cause of 12 nodes on the left and 4 on the right all over 2cm wide being swollen and not to worry about it,go back to medical school,but to the dr who got things moving really quickly,*thanks Sean * Hope to chat to u all soon Julie ... View more